🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 17-13-4 before this game
0–5
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 19-10-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0000
BOS 3205

Canadiens at Bruins

Bruins beat Canadiens 5–0 at TD Garden on December 20, 2001.

🗓 Thu, Dec 20, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Rob Zamuner
2 G
8 shots · 15:16 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:03 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Bill Guerin
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:50 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Brian Rolston PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:25
Assists: Joe Thornton, Glen Murray · beat Jeff Hackett
0–1
🐻 Andy Hilbert 1st · 05:47
Assists: Bill Guerin, Nick Boynton · beat Jeff Hackett
0–2
🐻 Rob Zamuner 1st · 06:17
Assists: Brian Rolston, Martin Lapointe · beat Jeff Hackett
0–3
2nd period
🐻 Bill Guerin 2nd · 11:35
Assists: Sean O'Donnell · beat Jeff Hackett
0–4
🐻 Rob Zamuner 2nd · 14:40
Assists: Martin Lapointe, Hal Gill · beat Jeff Hackett
0–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 32
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
18 Hits 14
10 Blocked shots 7
4 Takeaways 11
4 Giveaways 9
4 Penalty minutes 4
MTL shooting 0.0% (0/23) BOS shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
27/32
.844 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe Shutout
23/23
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–5
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Ribeiro · Perreault · Zednik 18:50
L2 Savage · Juneau · Gilmour 14:47
L3 Kilger · Poulin · Dackell 13:43
L4 Simpson · Van Allen · Petrov 11:34
D1 Robidas · Brisebois 21:17
D2 Quintal · Traverse 19:42
D3 Rivet · Dykhuis 18:53
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Murray · Guerin 18:50
L2 Stumpel · Samsonov · Rolston 17:58
L3 Hilbert · Zamuner · Lapointe 15:54
L4 Pellerin · Nazarov · Knuble 7:49
D1 Gill · O'Donnell 22:42
D2 Sweeney · McLaren 19:50
D3 Boynton · Kultanen 15:40

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 20, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Nov 13, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–5 · Bruins won
Apr 2, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 (OT) · Bruins won
Mar 22, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 (OT) · Bruins won
Mar 17, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Bruins won

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on December 20, 2001?

Bruins won 5–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 0, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Rob Zamuner (2), Andy Hilbert, Bill Guerin, Brian Rolston.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 27 saves on 32 shots (.844 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 23 saves on 23 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 22
👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 18
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · ATL won
Next game · Dec 22
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
4–2 · BOS won
Also on December 20, 2001
👑LAK @ 🏛️OTT
4–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 😈NJD
3–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🐯NSH
2–6 final
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